Martha Boy Name

The table below indicates the number of times the name Martha has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Martha

Use of the Name Martha for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

286

0

0

0

0

0

0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Martha has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Martha

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

16

1,040

1881

17

1,044

1882

629

10

14

1,229

1883

668

9

15

1,255

1884

16

1,443

1885

17

1,425

1886

814

7

18

1,491

1887

17

1,504

1888

630

11

19

1,769

1889

21

1,711

1890

22

1,785

1891

21

1,744

1892

24

1,915

1893

809

8

25

1,805

1894

921

7

24

1,968

1895

779

9

25

2,096

1896

807

9

26

2,023

1897

26

1,990

1898

957

7

25

2,184

1899

834

8

28

1,908

1900

946

9

28

2,437

1901

828

8

29

1,885

1902

901

8

30

2,030

1903

29

1,980

1904

29

2,019

1905

32

2,092

1906

977

8

29

2,196

1907

977

9

31

2,272

1908

32

2,323

1909

997

10

28

2,502

1910

913

13

28

2,852

1911

28

3,011

1912

29

3,906

1913

28

4,528

1914

27

5,419

1915

25

7,217

1916

24

7,604

1917

22

8,256

1918

25

8,342

1919

25

8,311

1920

23

8,712

1921

21

9,254

1922

21

9,023

1923

21

8,961

1924

21

9,319

1925

23

8,750

1926

24

8,547

1927

24

8,298

1928

22

8,246

1929

27

7,623

1930

27

7,827

1931

28

7,469

1932

27

7,574

1933

27

7,157

1934

27

7,599

1935

24

7,612

1936

24

7,378

1937

24

7,964

1938

26

8,584

1939

918

47

27

8,485

1940

977

44

26

8,685

1941

958

45

25

9,145

1942

29

9,524

1943

29

9,673

1944

29

9,323

1945

30

8,723

1946

32

9,749

1947

32

10,645

1948

32

10,021

1949

34

9,801

1950

32

9,819

1951

38

9,594

1952

40

9,703

1953

41

9,244

1954

46

8,593

1955

53

7,931

1956

59

7,709

1957

63

7,365

1958

69

6,743

1959

72

6,427

1960

83

5,827

1961

81

5,717

1962

87

5,166

1963

90

4,884

1964

95

4,454

1965

99

3,802

1966

106

3,273

1967

117

2,906

1968

123

2,580

1969

139

2,423

1970

141

2,367

1971

147

2,189

1972

151

1,896

1973

157

1,727

1974

150

1,834

1975

150

1,785

1976

161

1,600

1977

171

1,589

1978

176

1,482

1979

185

1,444

1980

178

1,547

1981

176

1,566

1982

188

1,447

1983

198

1,340

1984

216

1,207

1985

212

1,208

1986

227

1,142

1987

237

1,119

1988

236

1,117

1989

220

1,234

1990

229

1,246

1991

249

1,113

1992

246

1,127

1993

265

1,039

1994

292

929

1995

306

904

1996

323

863

1997

340

831

1998

374

753

1999

388

720

2000

376

762

2001

398

730

2002

423

682

2003

480

611

2004

511

560

Totals:

286

542,052

During the last 125 years, parents have used Martha as a boy's name about 0% of the time and more frequently (about 99% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Martha appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 20 times during the last 125 years.